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Chris Rodgerson is an enthusiast of succulents plants. He is especially interested in the genera Conophytum and Adromischus. Chris has been traveling regularly to South Africa, in the company of other specialists, over twenty years.

During his second trip to South Africa, in 1994, several new species were discovered and one of them, whose author was Steven Hammer, bears the Chris's name: Conophytum chrisolum.

In addition, Chris Rodgerson is also an excellent photographer, who has collaborated with his images in the publication of several books, his own and other authors. For example in the book "The Genus Conophytum" by Steven Hammer.

Two or three weeks ago I had the opportunity to see some of his photographs, published in the Forum of the BCSS ( forum.bcss.org ... 164290 ). Some of the plants photographed were Lithops and, in addition to the plants themselves, in the photos you could see very well the habitat in which Lithops live.

I have always felt very attracted by the hard landscapes Lithops inhabit, so I asked Chris Rodgerson if he had more photos of Lithops in habitat and to my fortune, he did have more pictures and he agreed to publish a photo report with photos taken over more than twenty years of travel to South Africa and sometimes also to Namibia.

In the photos at the end of this page we see both plants and the landscapes where they grow. We have ordered the photos alphabetically according to the name of the place where they were taken and among these photos we can enjoy such beautiful landscapes like this:

Grashoek, north from Umdaus, a remote place to the north west of Steinkopf.

Importantly, Lithops do not grow in cities, but in the surrounding area, so the text under the photos has the name of the nearest town, or farm, or river, or mountain . . where Lithops were photographed by Chris Rodgerson.

I think with these beautiful photos we can get a very precise idea of the stony environments which Lithops resemble. If you look carefully, at some part of the image, where there is apparently only stones, we can also find some Lithops surviving among the stones.

Finally, before we enjoy the photographs, I can only thank Chris Rodgerson for his kindness. With these photos we are allowed to travel, if only in imagination, to the places where Lithops live. Thank you Chris!

If anyone is interested in seeing more photos of Chris Rodgerson you can do so through the following link:

1.11. Namies

1.12. Pofadder

Pofadder (Norte de): Un pueblo muy pequeño en la Provincia Septentrional del Cabo. A pesar de su pequeño tamaño, es un importante centro local en la región conocida en Sudáfrica como Bushmanland.Pofadder (North of): A very small town in the Northern Cape. In spite of its small size it is an important local centre in the region known in South Africa as Bushmanland.

2. Namibia:

2.1. Aus:

Aus: Un pueblo en la Región de Karas, en el sur de Namibia. Se encuentra junto a una línea de ferrocarril y a la carretera nacional B4. El pueblo era antes un campo de prisioneros de guerra establecido por el ejército de Sudáfrica en 1915 para albergar a los internos alemanes capturados durante la Primera Guerra Mundial.Aus: A village in Karas Region, in southern Namibia. It lies on a railway line and the B4 national road. The village was formerly the site of a prisoner-of-war camp established by the South African army in 1915 to house German inmates captured during the First World War.